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Auction #123 begins on 15 May 2025

Miller (Penny)

MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

Published: T.V. Bulpin Publications (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town, 1979

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $65

Approximately:

Estimate: $100

Bidding opens: 15 May 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 22 May 16:30 GMT

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311 pages, numerous full page colour and other colour and black & white illustrations, green cloth gilt, dust jacket.

'There is no part of the world with a richer mythology than Southern Africa. ... Stone-age Bushmen, copper-age Hottentots, iron-age Karanga, Sotho-Tswana, Nguni, Herero and Ovambo; yellow people, brown, chocolate, burnt umber, black, white; people from Africa, Asia and Europe - Melanesia, Indonesia, Arabia, India, Holland, Germany, France and Britain - all have contributed unique fantasies, dream people and monstrous creatures to the strange assembly of African ghosts.' (Introduction, page 7).

  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: Large 4to (320 x 240 mm)


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